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Research service threatens ethics
Viewpoint, page 4
King crafts fine ‘Misery’
Life / Arts, page 7
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Volume CXIII, Number 59
University of Southern California
Friday, November 30,1990
Lab explosion victims listed in stable condition
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The two victims injured in the Oct. 31 laboratory fire at the John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Science Center on the Health Sciences campus are still hospitalized, officials said.
Both have gone from serious to stable condition and are progressing as scheduled, hospital sources said.
Seid Mirsadeghi, a 30-year-old postdoctoral fellow from the National Institute of Health, was taken to Sherman Oaks Hospital after the explosion with second- and third-degree bums covering 50 percent of his body.
Tan Tran, a 22-year-old lab technician, was taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
Leo Wade, executive director of safety and risk management for the university, said he knew of no pending litigation or negligence on the university's part.
''Both were employees and if there were any problems they'd be in the worker's compensation field," Wade said.
Marketplace boosts security
John Urata / Dally Trojan
Warren Berghoff, a senior majoring in business, checks in his backpack at The Marketplace. Bookstore officials have implemented a policy requiring students to leave personal items near the counter to curb shoplifting.
Officials try to curb theft amid $1,000 monthly losses due to shoplifting
By Erin Nordby
Staff Writer
A high rate of theft from The Marketplace in the University Bookstore has forced the implementation of a new policy requiring students to leave backpacks and bags behind the counter, bookstore officials said Thursday.
The rate of shoplifting from The Marketplace is about $1,000 in merchandise each month, said Avis Noble, manager of The Marketplace.
The store's backpack policy has been in effect for the past two weeks, Noble said.
"It's very simple for people to lift merchandise, and that's exactly what they were doing," said Elizabeth Kennedy, licensing and marketing manager for the bookstore.
"Our initial philosophy was to treat students as though they were honest," Kennedy said. "If they don t live up to it, we'll have to take precautions. That's what we're doing now."
Noble said the strict rule was implemented to avoid raising prices to compensate for stolen inventory.
"I make it my goal to be cheaper than 7-11, and I really don't want to raise my prices," she said. "But it doesn't take a business student to see that a loss due to theft will have to be made up somewhere."
(See Store, page 6)
System scrutinized
Road to tenure criticized for lack of emphasis on quality teaching
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The tenure system has protected academic freedom for college professors for more than half a century, but recently complaints have surfaced at the university contending the system places too much emphasis on faculty reasearch, leaving professors little time, energy or motivation to teach students.
“The university looks for evidence that, as a scholar, you've achieved distinction," said Richard Kaplan, vice provost for academic computing and research. "We expect our faculty to be world-class.
"It's a real hurdle for a young faculty
member," he said. "Your first four years of work will determine whether you are respected, and it's hard to do that in teaching but pretty easy to do in research."
Tenure is granted to safeguard academic freedoms for professors who may present material or opinions that are unpopular by current standards. The system was designed to allow professors to freely express such ideas without fear of repercussion.
But many at the university believe the system, which in theory gives professors seven years to prove their academic merit through research and teaching, has al-(See Research, page 6)
Row recycling plan not a waste of time
By Gloria Lau
Staff Writer
After nearly five months of planning and negotiations, the Row recycling program is underway and its results are impressive, said officials from the Los Angeles Conservation Corporation, the firm responsible for collecting the Row's recyclable wastes.
Los Angeles Conservation officials said they were surprised by the positive results after the first collection.
The company carried away 500 pounds of aluminum, paper and glass from the Row during the collection Nov. 14, said Axa Medina, the firm's recycling program coordinator.
"At first I thought the students
wouldn't take the time, but I was very impressed," Medina said. "It seemed like they wanted to try, and that's what makes the difference."
Students involved with the project agree.
"We're extremely happy with the way the program has turned out," said Mike DeMuro, a senior majoring in business and one of the founders of the recycling program.
But the program is not running at full capacity. Some days the recycling bins are filled and other days they are not, said Megan Gudar, a junior majoring in English and the other founder of the program.
(See Recycling, page 4)
As time goes by, 1979 linemen slip from the limelight
By Vivien Chen
Staff Writer
Traditionally, USC's defensive linemen are big men with playing experience.
In 1980, they averaged 6-foot-
4 and weighed 240 pounds with three years of experience each on the starting line.
Ty Sperling Jr. had been a starting noseguard, but was the shortest nan on the line at 6-feet-tall. Even though his size wasn't an attention grabber, the
tales of his dedication to football were.
He juggled football practice, marriage, fatherhood and his studies in public administration and, in 1981, earned the distinction of having the highest cumulative grade-point average on the team for four years.
Sperling was so intent on proving himself academically that he carried a briefcase every day and wore a dress shirt and tie to class, according to newspaper accounts at the time.
After the Roses fade. . .
This is the fourth in a series of seven articles examining what has become of the players from USC's 1980 Rose Bowl team.
Sperling died from diabetes and subsequent heart failure in 1987. He never played a down of professional football.
A knee injury in his senior year put a damper on his prospects for a pro career. He never got farther than the San Diego Chargers' final cut.
Vic Jackson, a friend of Sperling's and a former USC offensive lineman, says the cut was heartbreaking for him.
"As an overachiever, he was always trying harder than the
next guy," Jackson said. "It didn't ruin his life, but it was still a big thing ... if it didn't work out, he would find something else to be good at."
Around the time of his death on Oct. 9, 1987, Sperling performed the same balancing act with his life that he pulled in college.
Divorced and 45 pounds heavier than in his playing days, Sperling worked as a drug store clerk and security guard while (See Football, page 12)

Trojans play n k
Hurricanes
Sports, page 20 W
Research service threatens ethics
Viewpoint, page 4
King crafts fine ‘Misery’
Life / Arts, page 7
r
trojan
Volume CXIII, Number 59
University of Southern California
Friday, November 30,1990
Lab explosion victims listed in stable condition
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The two victims injured in the Oct. 31 laboratory fire at the John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Science Center on the Health Sciences campus are still hospitalized, officials said.
Both have gone from serious to stable condition and are progressing as scheduled, hospital sources said.
Seid Mirsadeghi, a 30-year-old postdoctoral fellow from the National Institute of Health, was taken to Sherman Oaks Hospital after the explosion with second- and third-degree bums covering 50 percent of his body.
Tan Tran, a 22-year-old lab technician, was taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
Leo Wade, executive director of safety and risk management for the university, said he knew of no pending litigation or negligence on the university's part.
''Both were employees and if there were any problems they'd be in the worker's compensation field," Wade said.
Marketplace boosts security
John Urata / Dally Trojan
Warren Berghoff, a senior majoring in business, checks in his backpack at The Marketplace. Bookstore officials have implemented a policy requiring students to leave personal items near the counter to curb shoplifting.
Officials try to curb theft amid $1,000 monthly losses due to shoplifting
By Erin Nordby
Staff Writer
A high rate of theft from The Marketplace in the University Bookstore has forced the implementation of a new policy requiring students to leave backpacks and bags behind the counter, bookstore officials said Thursday.
The rate of shoplifting from The Marketplace is about $1,000 in merchandise each month, said Avis Noble, manager of The Marketplace.
The store's backpack policy has been in effect for the past two weeks, Noble said.
"It's very simple for people to lift merchandise, and that's exactly what they were doing," said Elizabeth Kennedy, licensing and marketing manager for the bookstore.
"Our initial philosophy was to treat students as though they were honest," Kennedy said. "If they don t live up to it, we'll have to take precautions. That's what we're doing now."
Noble said the strict rule was implemented to avoid raising prices to compensate for stolen inventory.
"I make it my goal to be cheaper than 7-11, and I really don't want to raise my prices," she said. "But it doesn't take a business student to see that a loss due to theft will have to be made up somewhere."
(See Store, page 6)
System scrutinized
Road to tenure criticized for lack of emphasis on quality teaching
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
The tenure system has protected academic freedom for college professors for more than half a century, but recently complaints have surfaced at the university contending the system places too much emphasis on faculty reasearch, leaving professors little time, energy or motivation to teach students.
“The university looks for evidence that, as a scholar, you've achieved distinction," said Richard Kaplan, vice provost for academic computing and research. "We expect our faculty to be world-class.
"It's a real hurdle for a young faculty
member," he said. "Your first four years of work will determine whether you are respected, and it's hard to do that in teaching but pretty easy to do in research."
Tenure is granted to safeguard academic freedoms for professors who may present material or opinions that are unpopular by current standards. The system was designed to allow professors to freely express such ideas without fear of repercussion.
But many at the university believe the system, which in theory gives professors seven years to prove their academic merit through research and teaching, has al-(See Research, page 6)
Row recycling plan not a waste of time
By Gloria Lau
Staff Writer
After nearly five months of planning and negotiations, the Row recycling program is underway and its results are impressive, said officials from the Los Angeles Conservation Corporation, the firm responsible for collecting the Row's recyclable wastes.
Los Angeles Conservation officials said they were surprised by the positive results after the first collection.
The company carried away 500 pounds of aluminum, paper and glass from the Row during the collection Nov. 14, said Axa Medina, the firm's recycling program coordinator.
"At first I thought the students
wouldn't take the time, but I was very impressed," Medina said. "It seemed like they wanted to try, and that's what makes the difference."
Students involved with the project agree.
"We're extremely happy with the way the program has turned out," said Mike DeMuro, a senior majoring in business and one of the founders of the recycling program.
But the program is not running at full capacity. Some days the recycling bins are filled and other days they are not, said Megan Gudar, a junior majoring in English and the other founder of the program.
(See Recycling, page 4)
As time goes by, 1979 linemen slip from the limelight
By Vivien Chen
Staff Writer
Traditionally, USC's defensive linemen are big men with playing experience.
In 1980, they averaged 6-foot-
4 and weighed 240 pounds with three years of experience each on the starting line.
Ty Sperling Jr. had been a starting noseguard, but was the shortest nan on the line at 6-feet-tall. Even though his size wasn't an attention grabber, the
tales of his dedication to football were.
He juggled football practice, marriage, fatherhood and his studies in public administration and, in 1981, earned the distinction of having the highest cumulative grade-point average on the team for four years.
Sperling was so intent on proving himself academically that he carried a briefcase every day and wore a dress shirt and tie to class, according to newspaper accounts at the time.
After the Roses fade. . .
This is the fourth in a series of seven articles examining what has become of the players from USC's 1980 Rose Bowl team.
Sperling died from diabetes and subsequent heart failure in 1987. He never played a down of professional football.
A knee injury in his senior year put a damper on his prospects for a pro career. He never got farther than the San Diego Chargers' final cut.
Vic Jackson, a friend of Sperling's and a former USC offensive lineman, says the cut was heartbreaking for him.
"As an overachiever, he was always trying harder than the
next guy," Jackson said. "It didn't ruin his life, but it was still a big thing ... if it didn't work out, he would find something else to be good at."
Around the time of his death on Oct. 9, 1987, Sperling performed the same balancing act with his life that he pulled in college.
Divorced and 45 pounds heavier than in his playing days, Sperling worked as a drug store clerk and security guard while (See Football, page 12)